“Mothers’ Instinct” gets by on its pulpy potential more than anything else.

The movie that is is disappointingly bloodless, cold rather than chilling, with a payoff that isn’t shocking so much as an admission that we’ve spent 90 minutes we’ll never get back.

It is slickly made and thoroughly entertaining, flamboyant flourishes and all. But it seems that, with a few minor exceptions, no one really knows what to do with movies like it anymore.

Mothers' Instinct is an archetypal film that falls short in its attempt to emulate Hitchcock’s style, yet remains an entertaining watch that manages to hold the viewer’s attention until the end. [Full Review in Spanish]